The Sentence Game

Additional compound and complex sentences that can be used to play "The Sentence Game" from Treasure Trackers, the teacher student guide to the 2003-2004 Texas Bluebonnet Books.

1.  Noise crackled overhead, and Brick thought of his old neighbor's apple trees.
2.  The old man was trying to wet down the trees as the leaves curled up and turned gray.

3.  As the leaves curled up and turned gray, the old man was trying to wet down the trees.

4.  He pulled the hose until he could hardly lift his arms.

5.  Finally the rain began to fall, and he felt the cool water running down his cheeks.

6.  After the fire was out in Claude's apple trees, Brick ran home to find a disaster. 

7.  A strange smell drifted in through the kitchen window, but the smell was different now.

8.  Mariel could almost see Ebbets Field where someone would be mowing for today's Dodgers game.

9.  The ragman's wagon passed her now, and she waved happily to him.

10.  As she closed her eyes, she thought of Windy Hill and the Good Samaritan Hospital.

11.  Sirens screamed, and she was sick at her stomach.

12.  Although President Roosevelt had been strong and powerful, polio left his legs useless.  

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